My Hero Academia has quite an active fanbase on social media platforms like X and Reddit. Mostly, fans discuss several topics on these platforms, which might range from new chapters of the manga to episodes released for the anime. However, the Mangaka’s favorite anime was quite a stunning topic for the fans to digest as they were not expecting the answer.
Naruto is one of those anime that even people who don’t watch anime are aware of. It is one of the most popular and influential anime series to ever grace the industry. Several mangaka of the new generation shōnen series were once fans of Kishimoto’s masterpiece.
One such fan was My Hero Academia’s Kohei Horikoshi. The author even made a sweet gesture to express the respect and honor he has for this series.
What is the favorite anime series of My Hero Academia’s author?
A plethora of manga artists started their own series after reading their favorite anime series. And Kohei Horikoshi, who is the author of the popular shonen series My Hero Academia, was no different. His favorite anime series include all the “Big Three” shonen titles, but among them, Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto is truly a gem in his eyes.
There are subtle elements of Naruto that Kohei Horikoshi incorporated into My Hero Academia. One of the most prominent is the main cast of three characters and fantasy integrated combat system. With that being said, Horikoshi also opened up about loving Bleach by Tite Kubo in his younger school days. He used to doodle characters with Zanpakuto-inspired swords.
Did Kohei Horikoshi make a special sketch for Naruto?
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Kohei Horikoshi loves manga, and his admiration for Naruto never dies. Subtle elements of Naruto could be seen in My Hero Academia. The manga artist decided to express his respect for the Seventh Hokage of the Hidden Leaf by drawing a new poster. His art was published in Jump GIGA, and fans were amazed to notice how much Horikoshi’s style suits Naruto.
＜コラボが来た！＞
本日発売の少年ジャンプＧＩＧＡにて
なんと「ＮＡＲＵＴＯ-ナルト-」の岸本先生
描きおろしのナルト×ヒロアカポスターを掲載中！編集部激震のカッコよさ…
詳細はＧＩＧＡを購入してチェックせよ！＆先ほど堀越先生からナルトのイラストも来た！？
本アカウント限定で大公開！ pic.twitter.com/TGkVtqHCoV— 僕のヒーローアカデミア公式 (@myheroacademia) December 28, 2020
His art style for Naruto was quite perfect, almost as he appeared in the Shippuden anime. Fans were quite amazed at how well Horikoshi’s art style went along with Naruto. The most prominent part of any anime character is their eyes, and Horikoshi drew the Seventh Hokage’s eyes very well.
Naruto is known for his azure eyes, so the colored version of this sketch would be even better, considering how detailed his eyes were. Fans were speculating about the possibility of Masashi Kishimoto and Kohei Horikoshi collaborating, and that’ll surely be amazing.
Source: X (Formerly Twitter)
